Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Records from Sites in the SIO Air Sampling Network

Keeling, C. D.; Whorf, T. P.

doi:10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.012

Title: Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Records from Sites in the SIO Air Sampling Network

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The air sampling network used by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) to determine atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) consist of ten sites. Sampling frequency and longevity varies by site. At some sites air samples are collected continuously while at others evacuated glass flasks are used to collect air samples for subsequent analysis at SIO. This database offers monthly and annual CO2 values from ten sites representative of background tropospheric conditions.

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Keeling, C. D.; Whorf, T. P.

University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; OSTI
University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2004

Other Number(s):: cdiac:TRENDS: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.012

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Alert, NWT, Canada; Annual; Annual-Fitted; Apr.; Atmospheric CO2 Concentration; Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide; Aug.; Baring Head; Barrow, Alaska; Cape Kumukahi; Cape Matatula, Samoa; Carbon Dioxide; Christmas Island; Dec.; Feb.; Flask Sampling; In-Situ Sampling; Infrared Gas Analyzer; Jan.; Jul.; Jun.; Keeling; Kermadec Island; La Jolla Pier; Mar.; Mauna Loa, Hawaii; May.; Nov.; Oct.; SIO; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Sep.; South Pole, Antarctica; Year

OSTI Identifier:: 1389346

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.012

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                    Keeling, C. D., and Whorf, T. P. Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Records from Sites in the SIO Air Sampling Network.  United States: N. p., 2004. 
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                    Keeling, C. D., & Whorf, T. P. Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Records from Sites in the SIO Air Sampling Network.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.012

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                    Keeling, C. D., and Whorf, T. P. 2004.  
"Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Records from Sites in the SIO Air Sampling Network".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/ATG.012.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1389346. Pub date:Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2004

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  abstractNote = {The air sampling network used by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) to determine atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) consist of ten sites. Sampling frequency and longevity varies by site. At some sites air samples are collected continuously while at others evacuated glass flasks are used to collect air samples for subsequent analysis at SIO. This database offers monthly and annual CO2 values from ten sites representative of background tropospheric conditions.},

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